Prescription Drug Abuse Rising

Prescription Drug Abuse Rising

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Prairie Ridge Prevention Specialist, Jay Pedelty, says the abuse starts in one of two ways. “Many people, I'm going to say a significant number of our patients had a genuine prescription for their drug, for a medical purpose and started taking it that …
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Food protection tests slashed by a third in Scotland

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A drug known as bute – used to treat horses but banned from the food chain because of its effects on humans – was detected in some horsemeat, and investigations were launched across Europe to try to identify exactly who was guilty of passing horsemeat …
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Dr. Van Vu of California Pain Center in Fountain Valley Probed for String of

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Vu had previously told the Times the treatment of some chronic pain sufferers is complicated by drug abuse and depression. Here is Dr. Vu's online bio: Dr. Van Vu has dedicated his medical career treat patients suffering with pain. He graduated from …
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Recovering Addicts Decry Planned Closing Of Faulkner Detox

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“It takes an addiction specialist, and in a unit like this is the best place to treat these people to achieve the best outcome.” Ed Liston-Kraft … The hospital plans to open a new clinic to treat patients with Suboxone, a drug used to ease withdrawal …
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